It was standing room only last Thursday night at FitzGerald's for the finals of "Danza Viva & Wednesday Journal Talent Search 2006." After 17 competitive events over the past five weeks, four champions were crowned in adult/youth vocal and dance categories.

It was standing room only last Thursday night at FitzGerald's for the finals of "Danza Viva & Wednesday Journal Talent Search 2006." After 17 competitive events over the past five weeks, four champions were crowned in adult/youth vocal and dance categories.

The special council hired by the River Forest Park District urged the Development Review Board (DRB) last Thursday to approve an amended application for lights at Keystone Park West, saying the application meets all village standards.

We're not sure how early to arrive at Oak Park Public Library on Thursday, June 1, to line up for free Ravinia tickets. They're giving them out at the Fiction and Audio-Visual Services Desk on the second floor, starting at 9 a.m., and why are we telling you this?

Sure was hot on Saturday. Couldn't wait for the sun to set. Then the air would cool, a breeze would stir. It was, after all, May. Saturday was the first really warm day. The night would have to cool off.

The local Hemingway Foundation recently hosted the mayor of Pamplona, Spain, Yolanda Barcina, who gave a lecture May 19 at the Hemingway Museum. The Sun-Times ran a preview, and couldn't resist "The Quote" trap, trotting out the never-documented by oft-reiterated legend that Hemingway once described his native Oak Park as a town of "wide [or broad, depending on the source] lawns and narrow minds."

Rather than going forward with its grant proposal to the state to help partially fund its planned expansion to Carroll Park, the Park District of Oak Park will delay its request following concerns raised by the District 97 Board of Education over how school land would be used as part of the renovation project.